Re: Lyrics question

2017-01-14 Thread Klaus Blum
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Lyrics question

2017-01-14 Thread Craig Dabelstein
Hi Lilyponders, I have a question about Lyrics. I have a composition where the instrumentalists need to sing in various places. No matter what I try, the lyrics are all ending up stacked below the bottom staff, rather than under each individual staff. Please see the MWE below. Any ideas greatly

Re: Re lyrics question

2015-04-10 Thread William Marchant
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Re: Re lyrics question

2015-04-10 Thread Matej Kosik
On 10/04/15 23:46, William Marchant wrote: Abraham, You are right. First I had to discover what a melisma was. Now I know. At the beginning of the learning curve, I have a lot to learn. I think the LSR is a place for a lot of study. Thanks. Bill Thank you guys. These tricks work for

Re: Lyrics question

2005-01-10 Thread Mats Bengtsson
The vertical alignment of text scripts is calculated based on the distance from the note head or the stave (whichever is closest to the text script). Maybe one trick to keep the different text scripts vertically aligned is to attach them to spacing notes in a separate Voice context: { d4 cs } \new

Re: Lyrics question

2004-01-10 Thread Carol Kankelborg
Carl, For just a few measures of differing lyrics, I've used the \fatText tag. It is not elegant, but seems much easier than the extra lyric section. Here's an example from an arrangement of Winter Wonderland (And pretend that he is Parson Brown) where the bass part sings Brown, Oh, Parson

Lyrics question

2004-01-09 Thread Carl Youngblood
I'm doing a choral piece that has the same lyrics for all parts for almost all of it, except for a few measures where there is a split. What is the best way to put lyrics on the notes that are split? Is there an easier way than putting in a new lyric section with a whole bunch of rests?

Re: Lyrics question

2004-01-09 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Friday 09 January 2004 22.12, Carl Youngblood wrote: I'm doing a choral piece that has the same lyrics for all parts for almost all of it, except for a few measures where there is a split. What is the best way to put lyrics on the notes that are split? Is there an easier way than putting

Lyrics Question

2003-08-04 Thread Nigel Warner
Dear All, I have a question about Lyrics mode in 1.6.8. I have a pickup bar contain a triplet of eighth notes in 3/4 time and want to place a syllable at the beginning of the triplet with an extender to the first syllable starting at the first note